Price tag holder



Dec. 4, 1951 J PRATT 2,576,950

PRICE TAG HOLDER Filed April 4, 1949 J21. l nai/Z INVENTOR I I 3 a ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 4, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

1 This invention relates to price tag holders, especially designed for positioning on the edge of a shelf on which articles of merchandise are placed on display, indicating the price of the ar-' ticles.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the price tags will be firmly gripped in position so that they may be removed only with difliculty, by unauthorized persons.

An important object of the invention is to provide a price tag holder of this character having means whereby the price tag holder may be positioned on a metallic supporting strip secured to the edge of the shelves supplied with the price tag holders, so that the price tag holder may be slid along the shelf to its proper position for indicating the price of a particular article.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,

r the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a price tag holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the price tag holder.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the price tag holder comprises a body portion constructed of a length of sheet metal material and formed to provide an upper supporting bracket 5, and a price tag holding section 6, the supporting bracket 5 embodying a space 1 formed by bending the upper longitudinal edge of the body portion rearwardly upon itself in spaced relation with the main portion of the bracket. The upper supporting bracket 5 is designed to be fitted over the plate I5 secured to the forward edge of the shelf l6, removably securing the price tag holder to the shelf.

A lower space 8 is provided by bending the lower edge of the bracket upon itself and then again bending the major portion of the body of the bracket upon itself, providing another space 9 at the upper portion of the price tag holding section of the device.

At the lower end of the tag holding section 6, the sheet metal material is again bent upon itself providing the space I0, the lower edge 2 of the tag holding section 6 being extended downwardly as at H.

Due to this construction, spring clamps l2 and l3 are provided to clamp the price tags M within the spaces 9 and Is, so that the price tags will not be readily removable by sliding the price tags laterally along the price tag holder section, which is the usual way of removing or replacing price tags. With this invention, it is preferable to slightly bend the price tags and insert the ends thereof under the clamps l2 and I3, the tags then flattening out.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, I have provided a tag holder which will prevent the rearrangement of the tags by children or unauthorized persons when the price tags are positioned on shelves in easy reach of children, thereby eliminating a great deal of difficulty arising from the prices of articles on shelves being changed by unauthorized persons.

It will further be noted that the bracket section of the holder provides ample space for sign display for advertising purposes as desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a price tag holder, a bracket comprising a length of sheet metal material, a portion of the metal at the upper end thereof being bent upon itself providing clamps at the upper and lower edges of the space for positioning over a supporting strip clamping the supporting strip, the intermediate portion of the sheet metal material being bent upon itself along its upper and lower edges providing a space open in a direction opposite to the space at the upper end of the length of sheet metal, defining clamps along the upper and lower edges of the intermediate section in which yieldable price tags are positioned with the ends of said price tags engaged by the last mentioned clamps, holding the price tags in position.

JACK M. PRA'I'I.

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